Originally Posted by
acc3p7
Well, in my opinion, we shouldn’t be treated exactly like normal passengers. We’ve been screened thoroughly to obtain our IDs... When I was based in the UK, I’m pretty sure they took some hidden pleasure in messing with a pilot…
You're thinking entirely too logically which gets you nowhere when discussing the Imperial Federal Government. You can bet the grocery money that they enjoy jerking around flight crews and never pass up the opportunity.
It's beyond comprehension why they find the need to screen flight crews when every pilot has a lethal weapon at the end of each arm. And, a federally-mandated crash axe in the cockpit of every airline airplane. In FAA Land, it's an MEL no-go item. The same axe you can't bring through security screening is required onboard by the same people jerking you around at a "security" screening.
FAR 121.309(e)
Logic has no place in this process.